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Michael Wright

November 14 2004, 12:00am, The Sunday Times

Gone are the days when Yoko Ono could stake a claim to being the most derided woman on the planet, and arguably one of the worst singers, too. The ceaselessly inventive 71-year-old has just notched up her second No 1 hit in America this year, with Everyman/ Everywoman (Basement Jaxx Club Mix) shooting to the top of Billboard’s dance chart. She now deserves an award for being the Hippest Grandma on the Planet.

Having watched The Grudge enjoy the most successful opening weekend for a “female-led” feature film since Tomb Raider, the producers of the horror flick starring Sarah Michelle Gellar now feel bold enough to start on a sequel. One of them, Sam Raimi, found a memorably mixed metaphor to explain the delay: “We